| 1994 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1993–94 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Site | BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho |
| Champions | Boise State (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Bobby Dye (3rd title) |
| MVP | Shambric Williams (Boise State) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weber State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho State | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boise State † | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Arizona | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 0 | – | 14 | .000 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †Conference tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1994Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the nineteenth edition, heldMarch 10–12 at theBSU Pavilion atBoise State University inBoise, Idaho.[1]
Fifth-seeded hostBoise State upset second-seededIdaho State in the championship game,85–81, to repeat as tournament champions and gain their fourth tournament title overall.[2] The Broncos had defeated regular season championWeber State in the semifinals.[3]
Conference membership remained at eight and the tournament format was unchanged, with an exception; the site was predetermined, rather than awarded to the regular season champion.
The top six teams from the regular season participated, and the top two earned byes into the semifinals. The remaining four played in the quarterfinals, and the top seed met the lowest remaining seed inthe semifinals.
| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Weber State | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Montana State | 57 | 5 | Boise State | 84 | |||||||||
| 5 | Boise State | 75 | 5 | Boise State | 85 | |||||||||
| 2 | Idaho State | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Idaho State | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Idaho | 74 | 3 | Idaho | 66 | |||||||||
| 6 | Montana | 63 | ||||||||||||
The Broncos(17–12) received an automatic bid to theNCAA tournament; no other Big Sky members were invited to the tournament ortheNIT. Boise State was seeded fourteenth in theWest regional and lost by nine points toLouisville in the first roundinSacramento.[5] It was the twelfth consecutive year that the Big Sky representative lost in the first round.